To do or not to do.. Detox dilemma

“I’m detoxing! NO dairy, NO wheat, NO sugar, NO meat, NO coffee…and I feel like crap after 2 weeks.” These are the words I overheard a few days ago in a cafe; whist I was enjoying my spelt bread with avocado and goats cheese.

How depressing and totally unnecessary.

I shudder to think how this person would cope on a day-to-day basis. No doubt lacking in energy, cranky, irritable, unable to focus at work, lethargic and unable to exercise efficiently. The why is generally linked to something like “I want to lose 5kgs in 2 weeks!”

In an earlier blog post, I discussed my effort at abstaining from most of the above foods/food groups to my own detriment.
I can almost guarantee that the average person detoxing will; after a short period of time; succumb to all foods that satisfy their desires. The binge. The “pig out.” Totally understandable as well; he or she is starving and needs fuel for the body. The choice then made is not necessarily good food either.

I saw the same disastrous effects with my own daughter, where for a while there her food consisted of  cigarettes and the occasional bowl of pasta sans the bolognese. Thankfully; if you read her blogs you will find her now totally clued in to the how, what, and why of clean, healthy and sustainable eating habits. I will let her tell you about the effects on her body (and mind) in another post.